Birmingham Weather in 1978

Historical record of Birmingham, Alabama weather for the year 1978 based on NOAA data.

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1978 Birmingham Weather Extremes
Highest temperature	99 °F	June 29
Lowest temperature	14 °F	January 9
Highest daily low	78 °F	August 23
Lowest daily high	25 °F	January 9
Most daily precipitation	1.9 inches	July 15
Most daily snow	1.0 inches	January 26
Total annual precipitation	41.8 inches	-
Total annual snow	1.9 inches	-

What was the hottest temperature in Birmingham in 1978?

The highest temperature recorded in Birmingham, Alabama in 1978 was 99 °F which happened on June 29.

Highest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Highest Temperatures in Birmingham in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	99 °F	Jun 29
2	97 °F	Jun 30
2	97 °F	Jun 28
4	96 °F	Sep 9
4	96 °F	Jul 10
4	96 °F	Jul 9
4	96 °F	Jul 1
8	95 °F	Sep 10
8	95 °F	Sep 8
8	95 °F	Jul 4
8	95 °F	Jul 2
8	95 °F	Jun 27

What was the coldest temperature in Birmingham in 1978?

The lowest temperature recorded in Birmingham, Alabama in 1978 was 14 °F which happened on Jan 9.

Lowest Temperatures: All-Time By Year

Lowest Temperatures in Birmingham in 1978

Rank	Temperature	Date
1	14 °F	January 9
2	15 °F	January 11
3	16 °F	February 7
3	16 °F	January 10
5	17 °F	March 5
5	17 °F	January 3
7	19 °F	February 22
7	19 °F	February 20
7	19 °F	February 8
7	19 °F	January 29
7	19 °F	January 28
7	19 °F	January 26

January 1978 Birmingham Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)	Snow (inches)
January 1	48	33	0.01	0.0
January 2	35	22	0.00	0.0
January 3	42	17	0.00	0.0
January 4	52	20	0.00	0.0
January 5	55	39	0.06	0.0
January 6	62	51	0.28	0.0
January 7	65	57	0.07	0.0
January 8	61	25	0.71	0.0
January 9	25	14	0.00	0.0
January 10	27	16	0.00	0.0
January 11	31	15	0.00	0.0
January 12	32	29	0.30	0.0
January 13	33	27	0.00	0.0
January 14	27	21	0.00	0.0
January 15	36	23	0.00	0.0
January 16	44	27	0.30	0.0
January 17	43	28	0.41	0.0
January 18	32	26	0.00	0.0
January 19	39	28	0.35	0.9
January 20	28	26	0.00	0.0
January 21	29	24	0.00	0.0
January 22	41	27	0.00	0.0
January 23	53	26	0.00	0.0
January 24	50	43	1.10	0.0
January 25	50	34	0.85	0.0
January 26	34	19	0.10	1.0
January 27	37	22	0.00	0.0
January 28	35	19	0.00	0.0
January 29	34	19	0.00	0.0
January 30	32	22	0.00	0.0
January 31	38	30	0.00	0.0

February 1978 Birmingham Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
February 1	37	31	0.11
February 2	37	32	0.00
February 3	45	23	0.00
February 4	50	30	0.00
February 5	43	25	0.00
February 6	30	20	0.00
February 7	30	16	0.00
February 8	38	19	0.00
February 9	46	21	0.00
February 10	48	24	0.00
February 11	54	21	0.00
February 12	63	29	0.00
February 13	63	40	0.25
February 14	40	34	0.00
February 15	51	31	0.00
February 16	58	39	0.00
February 17	57	30	0.00
February 18	47	33	0.00
February 19	43	24	0.00
February 20	48	19	0.00
February 21	41	25	0.03
February 22	41	19	0.00
February 23	42	27	0.00
February 24	59	22	0.00
February 25	69	32	0.00
February 26	50	30	0.00
February 27	50	25	0.00
February 28	50	40	0.92

March 1978 Birmingham Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
March 1	47	36	0.00
March 2	49	36	0.55
March 3	46	31	0.03
March 4	36	24	0.00
March 5	49	17	0.00
March 6	56	29	0.00
March 7	52	39	0.81
March 8	64	51	0.03
March 9	51	37	0.44
March 10	44	34	0.10
March 11	65	33	0.00
March 12	62	47	0.00
March 13	72	49	0.00
March 14	76	54	0.74
March 15	74	44	0.00
March 16	64	36	0.00
March 17	52	29	0.00
March 18	61	28	0.00
March 19	74	48	0.00
March 20	72	50	0.00
March 21	69	49	0.37
March 22	69	43	0.00
March 23	75	39	0.00
March 24	71	46	0.00
March 25	64	45	0.00
March 26	45	39	0.00
March 27	45	33	0.00
March 28	67	30	0.00
March 29	77	37	0.00
March 30	79	42	0.00
March 31	84	46	0.00

April 1978 Birmingham Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
April 1	83	50	0.00
April 2	83	54	0.00
April 3	82	49	0.00
April 4	82	59	0.00
April 5	86	57	0.00
April 6	77	58	0.00
April 7	86	55	0.00
April 8	86	58	0.00
April 9	85	59	0.00
April 10	83	57	0.00
April 11	67	49	0.59
April 12	62	42	0.15
April 13	72	45	0.00
April 14	80	39	0.00
April 15	82	46	0.00
April 16	82	54	0.00
April 17	77	57	0.04
April 18	78	61	1.13
April 19	67	48	0.00
April 20	60	45	0.00
April 21	62	39	0.00
April 22	70	40	0.00
April 23	69	48	0.00
April 24	78	52	0.40
April 25	65	49	0.04
April 26	59	48	0.00
April 27	71	39	0.00
April 28	74	39	0.00
April 29	78	47	0.00
April 30	79	62	0.29

May 1978 Birmingham Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
May 1	72	59	1.04
May 2	70	49	0.00
May 3	62	54	0.80
May 4	65	53	0.34
May 5	72	50	0.00
May 6	85	53	0.00
May 7	69	65	1.37
May 8	71	66	1.16
May 9	79	55	0.00
May 10	76	50	0.00
May 11	79	50	0.00
May 12	79	62	0.86
May 13	73	58	0.46
May 14	73	52	0.00
May 15	67	45	0.00
May 16	70	45	0.00
May 17	77	55	0.00
May 18	76	61	0.20
May 19	82	61	0.00
May 20	86	56	0.00
May 21	87	64	0.03
May 22	85	64	0.44
May 23	80	65	0.00
May 24	87	63	0.00
May 25	88	64	0.00
May 26	88	69	0.52
May 27	86	67	0.00
May 28	85	66	1.08
May 29	79	66	0.21
May 30	81	65	0.00
May 31	86	63	0.00

June 1978 Birmingham Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
June 1	86	62	0.00
June 2	78	66	0.54
June 3	80	68	0.00
June 4	83	62	0.00
June 5	84	62	0.00
June 6	85	65	0.55
June 7	84	71	1.30
June 8	80	70	1.69
June 9	81	65	0.00
June 10	85	61	0.00
June 11	86	66	0.16
June 12	85	71	0.70
June 13	83	62	0.00
June 14	83	56	0.00
June 15	85	66	0.00
June 16	86	71	0.00
June 17	87	67	0.00
June 18	86	68	0.00
June 19	85	65	0.00
June 20	85	66	0.04
June 21	89	68	0.00
June 22	90	68	0.00
June 23	90	69	0.00
June 24	92	69	0.00
June 25	94	70	0.00
June 26	94	74	0.06
June 27	95	70	0.00
June 28	97	72	0.00
June 29	99	73	0.00
June 30	97	70	0.00

July 1978 Birmingham Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
July 1	96	72	0.09
July 2	95	70	0.00
July 3	94	75	0.02
July 4	95	69	0.00
July 5	93	71	0.00
July 6	86	76	0.00
July 7	91	73	0.00
July 8	94	72	0.00
July 9	96	74	0.01
July 10	96	73	0.67
July 11	88	70	0.00
July 12	92	70	0.00
July 13	87	73	0.23
July 14	90	72	0.46
July 15	88	71	1.86
July 16	86	70	0.00
July 17	90	68	0.00
July 18	92	67	0.00
July 19	92	72	0.00
July 20	91	70	0.00
July 21	91	71	0.09
July 22	90	71	0.01
July 23	93	70	0.00
July 24	93	73	0.00
July 25	92	73	0.03
July 26	90	71	0.00
July 27	87	71	1.57
July 28	88	70	0.00
July 29	92	71	0.00
July 30	94	74	0.00
July 31	91	72	0.05

August 1978 Birmingham Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
August 1	89	68	0.03
August 2	92	70	0.00
August 3	92	72	0.00
August 4	87	71	0.88
August 5	84	71	0.00
August 6	86	69	0.00
August 7	82	71	0.58
August 8	86	71	0.21
August 9	82	71	0.00
August 10	83	71	0.00
August 11	81	71	0.00
August 12	90	71	0.08
August 13	85	69	0.00
August 14	87	69	0.00
August 15	89	71	0.00
August 16	91	73	0.00
August 17	92	70	0.09
August 18	92	71	0.00
August 19	92	72	0.00
August 20	93	72	0.00
August 21	93	71	0.00
August 22	88	76	0.00
August 23	90	78	0.03
August 24	90	70	0.00
August 25	93	68	0.00
August 26	93	71	0.09
August 27	93	71	0.00
August 28	92	70	0.00
August 29	89	69	0.00
August 30	87	75	0.10
August 31	82	67	0.00

September 1978 Birmingham Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
September 1	78	66	0.00
September 2	84	64	0.00
September 3	88	62	0.00
September 4	93	58	0.00
September 5	91	68	0.00
September 6	92	69	0.00
September 7	92	66	0.00
September 8	95	64	0.00
September 9	96	64	0.00
September 10	95	69	0.10
September 11	90	69	0.00
September 12	83	70	0.00
September 13	88	70	0.05
September 14	91	71	0.17
September 15	80	71	0.43
September 16	87	69	0.00
September 17	92	70	0.00
September 18	91	71	0.00
September 19	93	68	0.00
September 20	93	67	0.00
September 21	86	73	0.00
September 22	90	70	0.00
September 23	87	66	0.00
September 24	80	65	0.00
September 25	84	65	0.00
September 26	81	65	0.39
September 27	77	65	0.00
September 28	80	61	0.00
September 29	82	63	0.00
September 30	75	62	0.00

October 1978 Birmingham Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
October 1	73	54	0.11
October 2	79	50	0.00
October 3	82	52	0.00
October 4	78	49	0.00
October 5	81	45	0.00
October 6	66	42	0.00
October 7	64	35	0.00
October 8	65	36	0.00
October 9	69	38	0.00
October 10	77	46	0.00
October 11	82	58	0.00
October 12	86	57	0.00
October 13	85	56	0.11
October 14	63	40	0.00
October 15	64	34	0.00
October 16	70	45	0.00
October 17	68	35	0.00
October 18	71	40	0.00
October 19	77	38	0.00
October 20	77	41	0.00
October 21	81	41	0.00
October 22	82	44	0.00
October 23	84	49	0.00
October 24	65	53	0.00
October 25	81	44	0.00
October 26	80	63	0.00
October 27	78	48	0.00
October 28	78	42	0.00
October 29	81	40	0.00
October 30	78	61	0.00
October 31	78	51	0.00

November 1978 Birmingham Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
November 1	80	47	0.00
November 2	80	46	0.00
November 3	79	43	0.00
November 4	76	40	0.00
November 5	76	39	0.00
November 6	76	44	0.00
November 7	67	48	0.14
November 8	55	39	0.00
November 9	64	38	0.00
November 10	71	43	0.00
November 11	77	43	0.00
November 12	80	48	0.00
November 13	76	50	0.00
November 14	75	53	0.00
November 15	81	52	0.00
November 16	81	66	0.00
November 17	72	48	0.79
November 18	62	40	0.00
November 19	68	35	0.00
November 20	69	51	0.00
November 21	68	45	0.00
November 22	67	46	0.13
November 23	77	54	0.00
November 24	72	47	0.00
November 25	67	39	0.00
November 26	69	43	0.25
November 27	64	53	0.41
November 28	53	44	0.00
November 29	50	46	0.98
November 30	52	38	0.01

December 1978 Birmingham Weather

Day	High (°F)	Low (°F)	Precip. (inches)
December 1	61	32	0.00
December 2	65	37	0.00
December 3	74	54	0.00
December 4	72	38	1.34
December 5	52	29	0.00
December 6	64	30	0.00
December 7	70	51	0.00
December 8	79	50	0.90
December 9	70	24	0.76
December 10	38	20	0.00
December 11	46	26	0.00
December 12	56	23	0.00
December 13	58	25	0.00
December 14	50	27	0.00
December 15	58	22	0.00
December 16	57	44	0.16
December 17	52	26	0.00
December 18	57	26	0.00
December 19	69	51	0.00
December 20	74	57	0.26
December 21	57	31	0.35
December 22	53	27	0.00
December 23	56	27	0.00
December 24	50	37	0.76
December 25	51	30	0.00
December 26	57	28	0.00
December 27	43	30	0.00
December 28	52	28	0.00
December 29	53	40	0.00
December 30	51	39	0.52
December 31	70	51	0.38

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Years	Station	Coordinates
1930–2024	Birmingham Airport	location